Did you forget to enter the Blue Cross Broad Street Run lottery? No worries, you can still get a guaranteed bib AND support Philly's parks🌳 at the same time! More details here ⬇️

5 Reasons to Run Broad Street with Us in 2018 - Fairmount Park Conservancy

The Blue Cross Broad Street Run is America's largest 10-mile race and takes place on one single street in Philadelphia; Broad Street. Due in part to its nearly flat-and even slightly downhill route, it has become a favorite race among the running community for beginners and seasoned participants alike.

Playing college sports enhances the collegiate experience. However, the process necessary to prepare for college recruitment can seem confusing and daunting. The process seems complex because there are many steps that prospective student-athletes and their parents must take during their high school years. To better prepare our players and parents for the College Student-athlete experience, we’ll be holding a College Info night on Monday, March 5th. This event is FREE and open to ALL!!!

United Philly Soccer

Playing college sports enhances the collegiate experience. However, the process necessary to prepare for college recruitment can seem confusing and daunting. The process seems complex because there...

An issue that is prevelant in both Brewerytown and Fairmount:
http://6abc.com/society/action-news-investigation-missing-mail/3092146/?sf182318730=1

Action News Investigation: Missing mail

Residents across the city said packages, bills and other mail has been delayed for weeks or in some cases not delivered at all. One resident even went as far as calling police after she says her postal carrier held her mail hostage.

Councilman Kenyatta Johnson to introduce bill for a hearing on racial disparities in the Philadelphia home loan market

Councilman Kenyatta Johnson plans to introduce legislation next Thursday calling for a hearing on racial disparities in the Philadelphia home loan market, according to a statement released by the councilman's office Friday morning. Johnson made his announcement following the Center for Investigative Reporting's Reveal's report on nationwide racial disparities in home loans copublished by WHYY on Thursday with additional reporting by PlanPhilly.

With a little over a month in office, Philly's new DA is already further reforming the city's drug policy. On the same day a Philly.com op-ed was published in which Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (and Mayor Kenney) admitted the failure that was the "War on Drugs," in the 1980s and '90s, the DA's office announced that it is suing 10 pharmaceutical companies in connection with the opioid epidemic and is dropping all outstanding marijuana possession charges.

Thank you, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, for giving me cover so I don't wind up being painted as the "worst person in the world," the label Keith Olbermann used on his TV show to hang on people he didn't like. I have been silent as the opioid epidemic raged because I had no clear-cut solution.

Police have identified the 72-year-old man, who died after going into a hole to rescue his dog in Philadelphia's Fairmount Park section. The victim is Tony Farr from Philadelphia. It happened around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday on the 4700 block of South Concourse Drive. According to authorities, the dog fell in a 2.5' by 6' hole.

Today Feb. 16 marks Chinese New Year, a holiday traditionally honoring household and heavenly deities as well as ancestors.
In room 19 of our collection gallery hangs a Chinese painting made with black ink and heavily applied pigments on silk. #Lookclosely: A woman in white and pink sits on a porch that overlooks a body of water. Two ducks swim in the water that is covered by blossoming lily pads. A gnarled tree grows at the banks of the water at the left. Most late-nineteenth-century genre paintings made in China, such as this, were probably produced in commercial workshops and intended either for general popular consumption or the international market.
🎨 Copy after Qiu Ying. Seated Girl on Porch, Late 19th century.

The Barnes Foundation

Today Feb. 16 marks Chinese New Year, a holiday traditionally honoring household and heavenly deities as well as ancestors. In room 19 of our collection gallery hangs a Chinese painting made with...

Join us for a Bring Your Own Mat yoga class at the beautiful Fairmount Park Horticulture Center. Classes are free for members of Fairmount Park Conservancy (learn more about membership here: http://bit.ly/1fIhUD0) or $10 for the general public. You must register in advance.
**You must be pre-registered to attend.**
**This class is not appropriate for brand new first time yogis**
Please bring your own yoga mat and water! Please note that the floor of the Horticulture Center is similar to an outdoor surface. You may want to bring something to place under your yoga mat (both for padding and to keep your yoga mat clean) or be prepared to clean your yoga mat after the class because it will get dirty!
Please direct all questions to shirschler@myphillypark.org
About Fairmount Park Conservancy
Fairmount Park Conservancy exists to champion Philadelphia’s parks. Our mission is to work as a collaborative partner to lead and support efforts that preserve and improve the parks and recreation system in order to enhance the quality of life and stimulate economic development of the Greater Philadelphia Region. We fulfill our mission by leading capital projects and historic preservation efforts, fostering neighborhood park stewardship, attracting and leveraging resources for the parks, and developing innovative programs throughout the 10,200 acres that include Fairmount Park and more than 100 neighborhood parks around the city. For more information, please visit myphillypark.org, join us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
Getting to The Horticulture Center in West Fairmount Park:
We encourage participants to walk, bike or take public transit to The Horticulture Center in West Fairmount Park.
The Horticulture Center is a five-minute walk from the Please Touch Museum, in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Take Septa Bus 38, Septa Bus 40, or the PhillyPhlash to the Please Touch Museum.
Walk through the Please Touch Museum parking lot on the left of the building
Turn left onto Lansdowne Drive
Pass through the black iron gate
The Horticulture Center will be directly ahead.
More info at SEPTA.org
Parking is also available at the Horticulture Center.

Yoga in the greenhouse

Join us for a Bring Your Own Mat yoga class at the beautiful Fairmount Park Horticulture Center. Classes are free for members of Fairmount Park...

We have a few free books left to give away at this Saturday's “As Fast As Words Could Fly” book reading and signing by author Pamela Tuck in celebration of Black History Month. It's all free and includes a house tour. Please RSVP below.

Historic Strawberry Mansion Events

Visit Historic Strawberry Mansion to hear a special reading of "As Fast As Words Could Fly" by author Pamela Tuck in celebration of Black History Month. Guests will receive a copy of the book and can if have it signed by P... read more

Happy birthday to Edith Dimock who was born on this day in 1876. Edith Dimock was an American painter who is most known for her watercolor genre scenes with humorous depictions of characters. Dimock...

Yes! And... CAMP presents Winter Sort of Thing 2018: The Song of Silence | February 22-24 at Venice Island Performing Arts Recreation Center
Humming? Not allowed. Singing? Even worse. Dancing? Absolutely not! - Not in this musical.
A town once set to the tune of adventure and merriment suddenly goes silent, hidden away behind a wall - and for hundreds of years, it stays that way. The thing is, no one really remembers why ... only that it's for their own good. But when a group of kids dares to dream of what lies beyond, they might find that the adults aren't always right!
Details and Tickets: http://www.yesandcamp.org/wsot
#childrenstheater #musicaltheater #theater #kids

Can't visit Bamberg? Bar Hygge and Brewery Techne have the consolation prize: 'Chainsmoker Rauchbier', our homage to the wonderfully dark and smokey lagers from Franconia. Crafted from 93% German beechwood-smoked malts and fermented with an esteemed German lager yeast, it's also great a companion to our house-made food. Come and get it before the fire dies down.

As the process to create a new board to oversee the School District of Philadelphia after years of state control gains momentum, some politicians immersed in the convoluted and politically fraught effort may be wishing that they left well enough alone.

The 2019 budget released by the White House calls for deep cuts, $8.8 billion or an 18.3% reduction, to the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This would reduce the availability of subsidized housing and vouchers, like the Housing Choice Voucher Program that allowed Paloma to rent a home, even with her very low income.

Meteorologist David Murphy says snow accumulation is likely on Saturday night, with the highest amounts earmarked for our northwest suburbs. A Winter Storm WATCH has been posted for many of the suburban counties in Pennsylvania and parts of central New Jersey. See the list of counties here.

We Spied a Zoning Notice on a Handsome Building Near 29th & Girard - OCF Realty

In October of 2014, we told you that the owners of the property had made an appeal to the ZBA to open a tattoo studio on the first floor of the building, but the case had been continued. The project went back to the ZBA in November, and was held for discussion, with a denial coming the next month.

A trio of bills to expand Philadelphia's disjointed bike lane network advanced out of City Council's streets and services committee Wednesday. The legislation is expected to be introduced to the floor of the full Council Thursday and may be voted upon as early as next week.

Today marks the #ChineseNewYear! Based on the Chinese calendar, each new year is represented by the characteristics of one of the 12 zodiac animals. Guess what 2018 is? Year of the DOG––or should we say for Philly, year of the UNDERDOG?
🎨 Zhao Ji. Dogs, Late 19th century.

The Barnes Foundation

Today marks the Chinese New Year! Based on the Chinese calendar, each new year is marked by the characteristics of one of the 12 zodiac animals. Guess what 2018 is? Year of the DOG--or should we say...

Today marks the Chinese New Year! Based on the Chinese calendar, each new year is marked by the characteristics of one of the 12 zodiac animals. Guess what 2018 is? Year of the DOG––or should we say for Philly, year of the UNDERDOG?
🎨 Zhao Ji. Dogs, Late 19th century.

The Barnes Foundation

Today marks the Chinese New Year! Based on the Chinese calendar, each new year is marked by the characteristics of one of the 12 zodiac animals. Guess what 2018 is? Year of the DOG--or should we say...

EZ PERMIT STANDARDS ALTERATIONS- FOR ALTERATIONS TO AN EXISTING ONE FAMILY DWELLING AS PER ATTACHED STANDARD. DEVIATIONS FROM THIS STANDARD WILL RESULT IN PERMIT REVOCATION AND REQUIRE SUBMISSION OF CONSTRUCTION PLANS.

Plan for police HQ at Inquirer building prompts call for outside appraisals in city real estate deals - Philly

Philadelphia officials say their agreement to pay $249 million to a developer for a new city Police Headquarters in the former Inquirer building on North Broad Street is a good deal for the city. But that position is not backed up by an independent appraisal of the property's value, because none was completed.

Live Broadcast WATCH NOW BREAKING NEWS Police report: Suspect confessed to Florida school shooting WATCH LIVE BREAKING NEWS Police report: Suspect confessed to Florida school shooting Police have released a new surveillance video showing a man robbing a Northeast Philadelphia business with a large knife.

Jonathan Jacobs had almost no savings, a modest income, and a credit report marred by a disputed cellphone bill. But he easily bought a newly renovated rowhouse in Point Breeze, a South Philadelphia neighborhood that is historically African American. "It took about 15 minutes" to fill out the paperwork, said Jacobs, a career counselor.

Rachelle Faroul is a 33-year-old woman with a good credit score and a degree from Northwestern University. When she decided to buy home in West Philadelphia, near Malcolm X Park, Faroul, then earning $60,000 a year teaching at Rutgers University, didn't think to have her partner co-sign the loan.

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